makqai / Work
Current AI work first, then the systems and machines it grew from.
32 projects
Production agentic and generative AI, and current research. 2023 onwards.
I lead AI engineering for a hybrid SaaS and agentic AI platform that produces brand creative for Unilever, Philips and PepsiCo, from retrieval and agent workflows through to print-ready export.
ClientsUnilever · Philips · PepsiCo
AI-driven visualisation of Philips point-of-sale in store, covering free-standing display units, planograms and 3D shelf models.
ClientsPhilips
An agentic, tool-calling AI application that turns a fabrication requirement into AutoCAD-compatible DWG/DXF cutting files for laser-cut sheet-metal parts.
Introduced AI into a compliance-monitoring platform, with BERT and ElasticSearch semantic search, a rule engine for hierarchical JSON, multi-provider SSO and email automation.
Research on BEiT-3, a 746-million-parameter vision-language model, answering 16 structured questions about an image and turning the answers into scene descriptions for visually impaired people.
High-throughput servers, real-time media and SaaS platforms. 2015–2023.
A multi-process, shared-memory C/C++ socket server on Linux handling 1.5M+ requests per minute on five 24-core servers, followed by a re-architecture of the eZanga.com PPC platform.
Stadia-style cloud gaming for gamigo group's Gorillabox subsidiary, with GPU-encoded H.265 video, Opus audio, a C# client and a WebRTC browser client.
Co-founded an engineering consultancy delivering MERN, .NET Core, Laravel, Shopify and WordPress work, alongside Linux C/C++ server and WebRTC projects.
Scalable services and REST APIs for a multi-tenant SaaS platform on Angular, Node.js, MongoDB and Kafka, with architecture work and mentoring.
Instruments, control systems and machines for industry. 2003–2015.
A custom cross-coil-based speedometer motor for two-wheelers, highly resistant to heavy vibration.
Temperature and humidity monitoring with up to 256 channels and a software replica of the Honeywell circular chart recorder, used across pharmaceutical companies in Pakistan.
Retrofit of a 1000 kN tensile machine for Pakistan Steel Mills, with a .NET application talking UDP to DSP-based data acquisition.
Remote web access to Logit-Chart monitoring through web services.
Upgrade of a 100 kN tensile machine for Pakistan International Airlines, won through a bid.
A virtual instrument cluster prototype, exhibited at Pakistan Auto Show 2013.
Upgrade of a 5 kN tensile testing machine for Hilal Confectionery.
Up to 16 K-type thermocouple channels with real-time visualisation for MSD Pakistan, 21 CFR Part 11 compliant.
A machine and Windows application for macroscopic analysis of a CNG pressure sensor assembly, built after high rejection rates.
Control and data acquisition for a 1000 bar hydrostatic pressure plant, a closed-loop PID system.
5.0 bar air leak testing for the Suzuki Bolan brake assembly, on Omron.
A moisture-determination titrator with a 0.125 µL precision dosing pump, 21 CFR Part 11 compliant, installed at three pharmaceutical companies.
360° CO₂ welding of a clutch-plate part for Suzuki Mehran and Bolan.
A safety product for mobile cranes, with 100+ installations and commissionings across Pakistan.
Volumetric calibration of laboratory glassware with a weighing device and a VB6 application, for MSD Pakistan.
Bolt tightening with process verification for the brake assembly department, on a Fatek PLC.
Siemens PLC installation and commissioning for Dadex Eternit.
2012 · Physical AI before it had a name
An automatic meter-calibration robot that sees a printed dial and pointer through a USB camera, decides with fuzzy logic and acts by adjusting magnetic strength, in a closed loop.
Microbial analysis with an X/Y tray mechanism and a .NET application for image processing and statistics, sold to Pfizer Pakistan and Bristol-Myers Squibb Pakistan.
A clean room held at positive pressure in a closed loop under PID control.
A humidity-controlled dark room for the screen-printing department.
Magnetic field strength measurement with a Hall sensor, a microcontroller and an LCD.
Retrofit of an ARD 50 A electric discharge machine with an ARM 32-bit microcontroller, linear-encoder feedback and PWM generation.
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